Corn-heading attachment for binders.



No. 742,141. PATENTED OCT. 20,1903. J. L. WILLIAMS & E. w; ARRASMITH.CORN HEA'DING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1902.

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J PATBNTED 061, 20, .1903, .J. L. WILLIAMS & E. W. ARRASM-ITH.

GORN HBAD ING ATTACHMENT BOB BINDBRS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE. I

JASPER Ii. WVILLIAMS, OF OLATHE, AND ERNEST W. ARRASMITH, OF STANLEY,KANSAS; SAID ARRASMITH ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAID WILLIAMS.

CORN-HEADING ATTACHMENT FOR BlNDE'RS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,141, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed November 3, 1902. Serial No. 1291947. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we,JAs1 nR L.W1LLIAMs, residing at Olathe, and ERNEST W.ARRASMITH, residing at Stanley, in the county of Johnson and State ofKansas, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Corn-Heading Attachments for Binders, of whichthe followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to corn-binders, and more especially to acorn-heading attachment therefor; and our object is to produce a machineof this character whereby as the bundle is formed the corn will betopped and the heads collected in a box from, which they may be dumpedat will by the driver without requiring him to stop the binder ordescend from his seat thereon.

A further object is to produce an attach-- 2o ment of thischaracterwhereby the box is adjusted toward or from the binder, so as toaccommodate Kafir or broom corn or sorghum of varying lengths.

A still further object is to produce an at- 2 5 tachment capable of usein connection with any side-delivery binder, and which is of simple,strong, and inexpensive construction.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construc- 0 tion and combinations of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,in which+ Figure 1represents a side elevation of a 5 part of a corn-binder and of ourattachment arranged in conjunction therewith. Fig. 2

is an enlarged cross-section taken on the line II II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is atop plan view of the box portion of the attachment and showing,

broken away, the supporting-track therefor;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, to show moreclearly the relation between the box and the shaft journaled thereon fortransmitting motion from the binder to the 5 corn-heading mechanism.Fig. 5 is a plan view of the track, broken away at its middle andprovided ,near its opposite 3 ends with mechanism for adjusting the boxor recep-' the track.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the rear portion of aside-delivery corn-binder of any suitableconstruction, and 2 a pair ofparallel angle-rails projecting rearwardly from the binder and braced bybraces 3 4 or in any other suitable or preferred manner. These railsform a track and near the binder and at their rear ends are providedwith bearing-boxes 5, in which are jonrnaled cross-shafts 6, havingcrank-handles 7 and reels 8, the front and rear reels being,respectively, connected by cables 9 and 10 with a box 11, suspended fromand within saidtrack, brackets 12, secured to the box and equipped withrollers 13 to travel on. the track, being provided that the box may bemoved forwardly or rearwardly withpractically no friction, and in orderthat the box shall not accidentally travel on the track shafts 6 areequipped with ratchet-wheels 14',

mounted on the contiguous rails of the track. When it is desired tooperate the'crank-handle of the front reel, and thereby draw the box 11forwardly, the rear pawl is thrown to inoperative position, so as topermit the corresponding reel to operate. When it is desired to move thebox rearwardly, the front pawl is disengaged from its ratchet, so thatas the rear pawl is operated the front one shall operate in reversedirection, as will be readily understood.- v

For the purpose of heading the corn and causing the heads to drop intothe box we front edge and near the right-hand corner of the box asviewed from the rear, the cutting mechanism being in approximatealinement with that part of the binder where the bundle is formed andtied. This cutting mechanism may be of any suitable type, but thatmechanism of a mower, the guard-fingers being numbered 15 and thesickle-bar 16, the latter being provided with a depending arm 17,pivotally connected to the upper end of a rod 18, said rod being guidedat its upper end through a clip19 and wristed at its lower end in the.usual manner to the disk 20. Said disk is secured upon the rear end ofthe anprovide a vertical cutting mechanism at the which we prefer is inthe form of the cutting.

which are engaged by gravity-pawls 14 gular and tubular shaft 21, havinga cylindrical portion 22 journaled in bracket 23, secured to the box.Said shaft fits telescopically upon a smaller shaft 22, the latterbeinggearediu anysuitablemanner(notshown) to the binder. Thisconstruction constitutes a shaft which operates without regard to theposition of box 11 and whether said box is being adjusted or not.

In the operation of the side-delivery hinder the corn with its headprojecting rearwardly is thrown down from approximately a verticalposition to a position approximately parallel with said track and nearerto the lefthand rail thereof than to the right. The binder containsmechanism to shift the buttend of the corn to the right in order that itmay be properly bundled and tied, and to cooperate with this shiftingmechanism so as to insure that the stalk is headed we provide adeflector in the form of a wire frame 24, this deflector tending todeflect the headed end of the corn to the right and in the path ofoperation of the sickle-bar, and in order to insure that each stalk iscleanly headed at the proper time this frame contiguous to the sickle isformed with a vertical shoulder 25, which holds the stalk and preventsany chance of its being pushed aside instead of being cleanly cut by thedownstroke of the sicklebar, the guard-fingers preventing thedislodgment of the stalk in the upstroke of said bar.

26 designates a vertical guide-board extending transversely and from thecutting mechanism over the right-hand rail of the track. Thisguide-board is to assist the carrier of the binder in holding the endsof the stalks even as the bundle is thrown upon the ground.

For the purpose of effecting the deposit of the heads collected in thebox when desired and near the path of the right-hand wheel of thebinder, and therefore in a position where they will be out of the way onthe next passage of the latter, the bottom 26 of the box slopesdownwardly at an angle approximating fortyfive degrees from left toright and is pivoted to the right of its center, as shown at 27. To theleft of its center or at its highest side it is linked,'as at 28, to theside door 30, hinged, as at 31, to and forming the lower part of theright-hand side of the box. By this arrangement it will be seen that theopening of door 30 is accompanied by a tilting movement of the bottomand that such operation can be efiected with practically no exertion onthe part of the operator because of the fact that the greater part ofthe weight of the contents of the box is imposed on that portion of thetilting bottom below and to the right of its oscillating point. On theother hand, it is obvious that reclosure is effected automaticallybecause of the fact that such is the gravitative tendency of both thebottom and the door. To look such parts in their closed positions andprevent accidental discharge of the contents of the box, the door 30carries a spring-actuated bevel-end bolt 32 of ordinary type andnormally in engagement with the notched bar 33, secured to the rear sideof the box, (see Fig. 3,) this bolt automatically engaging said bar andlocking the parts closed under the gravitative action of the same, thespring yielding as the bolt contacts with the bar and readvancing theformer as it registers with the notch of the bar. To withdraw the boltto open the door and tilt the bottom, and thus effect the discharge ofthe contents of the box, a cable 34: is attached to the bolt and extendsthrough a guide-loop 35, secured to the door about midway its length,and around a horizontal pulley 36, disposed outward of the door asuitable dis tance and journaled in a bracket 37, dependfrom theright-hand side of the box. From said pulley the cable extends forwardlyto a point Within reach of the driver upon the seat on the binder, whoby drawing said cable forwardly in any manner first unlocks the door bythe withdrawal of the bolt 32 from engagement with bar 33 and then bythe same movement causes collar 38 on cable 34 to be arrested by contactwith guide-loop 35, and thus cause the door 30 to swing open and thebottom 26 to tilt, as explained. By relaxing the tension on the cablethe door and bottom automatically resume their original positions.

Before beginning to harvest with this attachment in place the reels aremanipulated to dispose the box the proper distance from the hinder, thebox being closer to thebinder when cutting Kafir corn than when cuttingbroom-corn. When cutting sorghum, it is usually disposed a greaterdistance from the binder than when cutting either Kafir or broom corn.This adjustment incidentally enables crops of a similar kind, but ofdifferent degrees of growth, to be accommodated.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced acorn-heading attachment for binders which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention andwhich may obviously be modified in various particulars without departingfrom the principle or scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a corn-binder, of a heading attachment carriedthereby and comprising means to catch the heads when severed from thecorn, and a cutting mechanism at the front edge of said means to severthe heads so that they shall drop upon said means.

.2. The combination with a corn-binder, of a heading attachment carriedthereby and comprising means to catch the heads when severed from thecorn, and a cutting mechanism at the front edge of said means to severthe heads so that they shall drop upon said IIO means, and means forshifting the first-named means and the cutting mechanism toward or fromthe binder to out stalks of different lengths.

3. The combination with a corn-binder, of a heading attachment disposedrearwardly of the binder, and comprising a box, means for adjusting thebox toward or from the binder, and a cutting mechanism carried by thebox.

4. The combination with a corn-binder, of a heading attachment disposedrearwardly of the binder, and comprising a box having a door by whichits contents can be discharged, and a cutting mechanism to sever theheads of the corn from the stalks and permit them to drop into the box.

5. The combination with a corn-binder, of

a heading attachment disposed rearwardly of an adjustable box on saidtrack, a tilting bottom for the box, means for operating said.

bottom, and a, cutting mechanism to sever the heads of the corn from thestalks so that such heads shall drop into the box.

8. The combination with a corn-binder, and v a track projectingrearwardly therefrom, of a box adjustable on said track, provided with atilting bottom, a door linked thereto, means for operating the same, anda cutting mechanism to sever the heads of the corn from the stalks sothat such heads shall drop into the box.-

9. The combination with acorn-binderhaving a driven shaft and asupporting-track, a

box adjustable on said trackjand having a shaft driven by and having aslidable connection with the driven shaft, and a cutting mechanism onthe box and geared to its shaft.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence. of twowitnesses.

JASPER L. WILLIAMS. ERNEST W. ARRASMITH.

Witnesses for Williams:

GEo. ARRASMITH, H. O. RODGERS. Witnesses for Arrasmith: GEORGE Y.THORPE, H. O. RODGERS.-

